## Bhaja Pithe Recipe (Bengali Recipes Style) – Easy & Delicious Recipe

Discover how to make a delicious and authentic **Bhaja Pithe Recipe** with this easy-to-follow recipe. A traditional **Bengali Recipes Dessert**, this dish is **Vegetarian** and perfect for any occasion.

**Yields:** 5 servings
**Prep time:** 30 minutes
**Cook time:** 90 minutes
**Total time:** 120 minutes

**Cuisine:** Bengali Recipes
**Course:** Dessert
**Diet:** Vegetarian

### Ingredients for Bhaja Pithe Recipe:

* 1 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split) – boiled
* 2 Sweet Potatoes – boiled
* Rice flour – as required
* 1 teaspoon Whole Wheat Flour
* 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera) – roast and ground
* 1 pinch Salt
* 1-1/2 teaspoons Sesame seeds (Til seeds)
* Sunflower Oil – to deep fry
* 1 cup Fresh coconut
* 1-1/2 cups Nolen Gur
* 2 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds – crushed
* Jaggery – heated till molten or condensed milk

### Step-by-Step Instructions to Make Bhaja Pithe Recipe:

1. To prepare Bhaja Pithe Recipe, get ready with all the ingredients.
2. Take a kadai and dry roast coconut and jaggery, stir constantly till fragrant and done, to avoid burning.
3. Keep aside.
4. To make the dough, in a bowl, mash the boiled moong dal and boiled sweet potatoes.
5. Add jaggery, salt, roasted cumin powder and sesame seeds and mix well.
6. Add wheat flour and rice flour and make the dough soft.
7. To make Bhaja PitheMake small balls from the prepared dough.
8. Take one by one and Flatten using your palm then with thumb and finger make shapes as of a bowl.
9. Stuff the coconut filling in it and close its edges and make a shape like the puli pithe.
10. Deep fry in hot oil on medium flame in a deep frying pan, till they are golden brown.
11. Deep fry in batches.
12. Allow it to cool and drizzle condensed milk or liquid jaggery to serve Bhaja Pithe Recipe.

### Tips for the Best Bhaja Pithe Recipe:

* Always use the freshest ingredients available for the best flavor.
* Ensure your oil is at the correct temperature before frying; too low and food absorbs oil, too high and it burns.

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